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Letter from Brigham Young to Orson Hyde discussing conditions in Salt Lake City, dated February 28, 1850

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Title Letter from Brigham Young to Orson Hyde discussing conditions in Salt Lake City, dated February 28, 1850
Subject Salt Lake City (Utah); Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Latter Day Saints; White people--Relations with Indians; Agriculture; Weather; Military; Cattle; California; Indigenous peoples--North America
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah); Utah Lake (Utah); Fort Laramie (Wyo.); Fort Hall (Wyo)
Keywords Orson Hyde, Liverpool, England; Utah Lake; San Pete Valley; Native Americans
Creator Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Description This is a letter form Brigham Young to Orsen Hyde who is living in Liverpool, England. In this letter Brigham Young discusses the issues that Mormon settlers had with the Indians who lived around Utah Lake. The Indians killed cattle and shot at settlers. Young claimed that the Mormon settlers responded violently in self defense, and only after killing some Indians did they retreat.
Publisher Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Contributors Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Date 1850-02-28
Type Text
Format application/pdf
File Name Brigham Young Office Files Reel 24 Box 16 Folder 19
Collection Name CR1234 1
Source The Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Language eng
Coverage Utah
Rights Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the Church History Library for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Holding Institution The Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ARK ark:/87278/s6k67fd8
Setname uaida_main
ID 390111
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k67fd8